Recipes Comfort Food 14 Blue Cheese Recipes Even Haters Will Love By Food & Wine Editors and Nina Friend Updated on May 5, 2021 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Christina Holmes Love it or hate it, blue cheese adds an undeniable punch of flavor to salads, sandwiches, burgers, and pizzas. And eating it in a recipe, as opposed to on its own, is a great gateway for learning to appreciate blue cheese if you typically stay away. Here are some of our favorite ways to use the wonderfully pungent cheese, from crostini to salad dressing. 01 of 14 Grilled Summer Squash with Blue Cheese and Pecans Eva Kolenko For grilled squash with a uniformly crisp texture, chef Vivian Howard of Chef & the Farmer in North Carolina cuts her squash lengthwise into quarters and then removes the seedy interior. This gorgeous summer squash salad is tossed with a bright, lemony dressing. Get the Recipe 02 of 14 Rosemary Flatbread with Blue Cheese, Grapes and Honey Dana Gallagher This rosemary flatbread is both fluffy and crusty, and the blue cheese — which goes from crumbly to creamy in the oven — melts in your mouth. Get the Recipe 03 of 14 Chicken Quesadillas with Blue Cheese and Caramelized Onions © Lucy Schaeffer Melissa Clark's tangy twist on chicken quesadillas will leave you wondering how you've never tried this dish with blue cheese. Get the Recipe 04 of 14 Autumn Salad with Figs and Blue Cheese Christina Holmes Mimi Thorisson's mesclun salad is sweetened with figs, apples, and grapes yet still maintains acidic and spicy flavors from the apple cider vinegar and whole-grain mustard. Get the Recipe 05 of 14 Firecracker Shrimp with Blue Cheese Dressing Madeleine Hill Leave it to Andrew Zimmern to cook up the ultimate football season (or any season, if you ask us) comfort food: fried shrimp dunked in blue cheese dressing. Get the Recipe 06 of 14 Beet & Blue Cheese Salad Christina Holmes Chef Nicolaus Balla's beet and blue cheese salad, made with scallions, herbs, and red wine, is bright and sweet. Get the Recipe 07 of 14 Focaccia with Caramelized Onions, Pear and Blue Cheese © Quentin Bacon This simple focaccia comes together in just four steps. Get the Recipe 08 of 14 Umami Burgers with Port and Stilton © Marcus Nilsson Resist the urge to pile on any of the usual toppings—lettuce, tomato, ketchup—on these burgers. "The port is your condiment," explains Adam Fleischman. Get the Recipe 09 of 14 Charred Broccoli with Blue Cheese Dressing and Spiced Crispies © John Kernick Chicago chef Stephanie Izard amps up broccoli with a punchy vinaigrette, creamy blue cheese dressing and an irresistibly crunchy, butter-toasted Rice Krispies topping. Get the Recipe 10 of 14 Stilton-Stuffed Pickled Peppers Greg DuPree Two high-impact ingredients—funky Stilton cheese and pickled sweet or spicy peppers—come together to form the ultimate one-bite snack. Pickled peppers, like spicy pepperoncini and mild Peppadew, are packed with enough flavor to stand up against strong cheeses. You can use most blue cheeses here, including Gorgonzola and Roquefort. Get the Recipe 11 of 14 Double-Cut Rib Eye with Sweet Gorgonzola Butter Victor Protasio At her modern chophouse, Jar, in Los Angeles, 2002 BNC Suzanne Tracht's menu changes with the seasons. To celebrate summer, she says, "this juicy, sweet combo of Gorgonzola and beef alongside fresh heirloom tomatoes is how I kick off the outdoor months." Get the Recipe 12 of 14 Restoration Salad with Farro, Orange, and Blue Cheese Alison Miksch "In each bite, you get a little nuttiness, a lot of chewiness, some juicy bits, a pleasant amount of bitterness, and some creamy richness," Ann Taylor Pittman writes of this salad. Get the Recipe 13 of 14 Caramelized Onion and Bread Soup with Brûléed Blue Cheese Greg DuPree In their book Wine Food, sommelier Dana Frank and recipe developer Andrea Slonecker pair funky, bright wines with flavorful, vegetable-forward dishes. In this vegetarian version of classic French onion soup, blue cheese and oloroso sherry bring new layers of flavor and depth. Notes of toasted nuts and fruit compote in the sherry pair well with caramelized onions, and its briny acidity cuts through the richness of the cheese. Get the Recipe 14 of 14 Crostini with Grilled Sweet Onions and Blue Cheese Johnny Autry On the river, Chef Andrae Bopp wraps whole sweet Walla Walla onions in foil and tosses them into the coals of the campfire to roast and caramelize; here we've adapted his recipe for your home grill. Don't skip the zippy honey-vinegar drizzle—it coaxes out even more flavor from the sweet onions and balances the blue cheese. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit